The Manchester General Cemetery Transcription Project is being undertaken by a team of volunteers whose intention is to transcribe as many of the headstones within Manchester General Cemetery as possible before they are lost forever due to them falling through age and decay or by them being toppled in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations. We believe that the headstones are more than just memorials in a cemetery but they actually contain a wealth of historical data. The project is carried out in our own free time and is totally non-commercial.

The data in the form of typed transcriptions (not photographs) will be donated to Manchester Archives where it will be freely accessible once the project is complete and we are already offering a free-of-charge look-up service via our contact page. Some of the information (not the full transcription) may be included on the Manchester City Council's Burial Records website so family historians will be able to perform basic online searches. The photographs taken for the purposes of transcription will be handed over to the Manchester City Council Bereavement Services Team. The reason for this is that although a grave may be situated in a public place the headstone is private property for which permission needs to be granted for a photograph to be published. We have obtained special permission from Manchester City Council to take photographs for transcription purposes only.

PLEASE HELP US ...

Have you searched for your ancestor's burial using Manchester City Council's Online Burials website but in doing so have found the name of your ancestor has been mistranscribed or misspelt? With the continued and valued support of the Bereavement Services Team at Manchester City Council, we hope to be able to help them make as many corrections as possible. Probably this will be done on completion of the MGCTP but in the meantime we would like you to contact us with any mistranscriptions or misspellings.

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We have made every effort to ensure that the information contained within the Manchester General Cemetery Transcription Project website is accurate and correct, however, we cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Should you see anything which you believe to be incorrect or inaccurate, we would be pleased if you would let us know.